Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, it is so true. Now all ye lawyers, it is I you can't sue

(I was in a ryhmy mood)

There is another timeskip in this chapter, but the beginning is about Naruto's reunion with Hinata after his stay with the Namikaze, then it will skip ahead maybe 3 and ½ years to just before graduation. So please read and enjoy.

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Chapter 7: Teams and Sensei's

Naruto was overjoyed when he reunited with Hime. When he saw her he pounced on her and proceeded to lick her all over.

Alpha on the other hand was apologizing for getting their pet addicted to ramen during their absence. They still have not forgiven him. Chibi-Alpha was sad to see Naruto go but found a new, if somewhat unexpected friend in the Brat, who proceeded to stick to him like a mosquito to a sweaty fat guy on a hot day… except without being completely and utterly disgusting. Spitfire was just plain happy to see Naruto gone, although she would miss his rather interesting sense of humor. Why just the other day he tricked a pervert (*Cough* Jiraiya *Cough*) into walking into the women's bath at the hot springs by switching the signs when no one was looking.

So in a sense, everyone was happy… except Alpha who is still repaying the Hyuuga back for their newly acquired ramen debt…

Timeskip: One week till graduation

"Are you excited about graduating Hinata," Sugar, or Naoko asked happily. If you need a reason, it's because she's hyper.

"Kind of," Hime asked while petting Naruto who was currently curled up in her lap, perfectly content to just lay there and not move for a couple hours, "To be honest, I'm really nervous…"

"If you're nervous," Mutt said from behind her, a lecherous grin on his face, "I know a good way to help you relax."

"PERVERT," Sugar cried out as she and Naruto promptly leapt upon Mutt and started beating the crap out of him. You would think after the last 382 times he would have learned by now. Do not hit on Hime when either Sugar, Naruto, or Angel are around… yes, the sweet Angel did beat up Mutt once… ok maybe twice… alright so it was 47 times. Happy?!

"Naoko! Naruto! Please stop maiming Kiba for life and pay attention! This will be on the graduation exam," Scar shouted out over the din created by the two rather active ramen addicts.

Sugar and Naruto instantly sprang back to their respective seats, tiny halos over their heads, leaving Mutt as a quivering mess on the floor.

Naruto sighed and thought, 'This is such a pain. I mean, I'm happy that I am allowed to go with Hime to school every day now, thanks to Alpha, but these lessons are still boring.'

Alpha, in order to make up for Naruto's rather traumatic experience with Serpent, or Anko as he believed she was called, made him an official ninja companion to Hime, meaning he was allowed to go on missions with her. The only downside was that he had to actually pay attention to what was being said at the ninja academy.

Naruto learned to tune out Scar's rather long ramblings by recalling past events that amuse him or ones that he easily remembers. In fact, he was doing so right now.

Flashback

'I wonder what sort of mischief I can get into today,' Naruto thought as he wondered around the village. Today was Hime's clan training day so he wasn't allowed to be around lest he distract her. 'I know,' he thought as he perked up, 'I can go mess with Chibi-Clone. I hear he just got assigned to a genin team.'

With that, Naruto ran off in search of Chibi-Clone. It wasn't long before he came across his scent. Following the smell of expensive hair products, he found himself in a small field, where he was about to be scared for life… again.

'Now where are the-WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS SACRED ARE THEY DOING,' Naruto mentally screamed as he spotted Chibi-Clone, Panda, Megaphone (Gai *Thanks to Sgt. Nolisten*), and some unnamed youth standing before him. It wasn't Chibi-Clone and Panda that he was really worried about. They in fact appeared to be just as freaked out as he was. For you see, standing before the three of them, Megaphone and the unnamed youth were sharing a man hug, with a beach and sunset in the background. 'That is the single most disturbing thing I have ever seen.' Naruto thought as his eyes nearly bugged out of his skull, 'And I've seen some pretty disturbing things. Like that time I walked in on Ottoson and Okassan making love *shiver*.'

Needless to say, Naruto made a hasty retreat, leaving Chibi-Clone and Panda to deal with Megaphone and Microphone… yeah… pretty much self explanatory.

End Flashback

Naruto shivered at the memory. "Alright class," Scar said, "For homework I want each of you to practice the henge and bunshin. That means you Naoko." Sugar let out a groan.

'Finally,' Naruto thought as he slipped into dreamland, 'I can finally catch up on some Z's.'

Now I know what you must be thinking. A dream sequence is coming up soon isn't it? Well you are partially correct. Demons you see, don't dream like you or I do, but instead, when they sleep, enter their mindscape. You've heard of people living in their own little world's right? Well demons really do live in their own little worlds.

Naruto's Mindscape

Naruto finds himself in the middle of a forest, filled with tall trees and lush grass. All around him, small, random objects float in midair, completely defying the laws of physics. Naruto ducks his head to avoid one such object as it floated past him.

It was a picture of a beautiful silver haired woman with amethyst eyes. Atop her head was a set of fox ears and behind her was 5 tails held proudly. Next to her was a nine tailed fox with dark-orange fur and crimson eyes, his ears just barley coming up to the woman's waist. Between them was a small basket, and in the basket was an orange fox kit with stunning blue eyes. Yes, it was his family portrait.

Ignoring the nostalgia that had crept its way into his heart at the sight of the picture, Naruto ran deeper into the forest. Eventually he found what he was looking for. It was a stack of papers lying next to a large wardrobe. The papers had crude drawings on them of various figures, most of them depicting the same human over and over again doing different things.

'Soon,' Naruto thought, 'Soon I can take on my human form. I can feel it in my bones… If I had bones.'

"Naruto," a sweet, almost angelic voice seemed to echo throughout the woods, "Come on Naruto, it's time to wake up."

All around him, the forst and the objects in it started to fade out of existence.

Real World

Naruto yawned and stretched as much as he was able to while being held by Hime. 'What time is it,' he wondered as he looked around. They were outside and were apparently walking home. "Come on Naruto," Hime said with a smile, "You need to be awake for our Ninja Animal Training today."

'Oh joy,' Naruto thought sarcastically, 'If there was any one thing more dull than Scar's droning on about some random topic, it was doing some random training that supposedly made him a better ninja companion. Yeah, like knowing how to jump through flaming hoops would ever do me any good.'

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One Week Later

"Alright class," Scar said happily, "Now that you are officially Ninja of Konoha, it is time I said farwell to you all. Now before you leave I am going to announce your teams and I want you to meet back here tomorrow at noon to meet up with your Jonin-sensei. Alright first off…"

'I'll just wake up when he calls Hime,' Naruto thought as he once again dozed off. Several minutes later he was awoken by an outraged cry, "Come on Iruka-Sensei! Why do I have to be with Emo-Boy and a Fangirl?!"

Startled, Naruto looked up to see Sugar pointing accusingly at Duck Butt, her hand trembling from rage."Because Naoko," Scar said calmly, although it was obvious by the vein protruding from his forehead that he was struggling to remain calm, "Besides the Ninjutsu portion of the exam, you have the worst grades out of everyone. Sasuke and Sakura on the other hand, are top of the class. We had to pair you with them in order to balance the teams out."

Sugar sat back with a huff. "Alright," Scar said as he looked down at his clipboard, "Next up is team 8, Jonin-Sensei, Kurenai Yuhi, will consist of Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka, and Hinata Hyuuga."

At this, Naruto nearly pounced on poor Scar, wanting to rip him limb from limb. 'HOW DARE YOU PUT MY HIME ON THE SAME TEAM AS THAT…. THAT…. THING,' He mentally cried, almost leaking killing intent. "Hinata, please restrain Naruto," Scar said shivering slightly under the gaze of the barely contained fox. Hime pulled him closer to her and started stroking him gently in an attempt to soothe him. Naturally it worked.

'I just can't believe it,' Naruto thought as he continued to let Hime work her magic on him, 'I can't believe they would even think of putting that horny canine in the same room as Hime. Well at least I got Beetle, he at least is sane compared some of the other humans I could have gotten.'

You pretty much know the rest so let us skip ahead to the meeting with Kurenai… which is what I would like to say but first let's have a quick peek at what is going on over in the hokage's office after Naruto learned of the team arrangements.

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"Finally," Alpha said as he placed a paper on a rather large stack, "For the first time since I was named Hokage, I am finally caught up with all my paperwork." With that he stood up and left the room, only to stop abruptly as the smell of smoke reached his nostrils. Turning around, his eyes found a horrific sight. His beautifully stacked papers had caught fire. Almost as abruptly as he had found them on fire, the papers fell to ashes before his very eyes. "…This can't be happening," Alpha said in disbelief, falling to his knees, "THIS CANNOT BE HAPPEING!!!!"

'That will teach him not to mess with me,' Naruto thought as he made a speedy retreat.

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"Alright so you are team 8 are you," the pretty lady with red eyes said as she looked at the newly appointed genin, "Come with me."

She led the trio, plus two, to a rather nice little restaurant where she told everyone to order whatever they wanted. 'Darn,' Naruto thought, 'they don't serve ramen.'

After everyone's food had arrived, the lady began to talk, "Alright. First off I would like to know a bit about each of you. I will go first so you can get a general idea. My name is Kurenai Yuhi. My likes are learning new jutsu, my friend Anko, and a certain someone who shall remain nameless. My dislikes are perverts and people who think women cannot be good shinobi. My dreams for the future… well you don't really need to know about that. Alright, you with the dog.

At this Mutt leapt up and proudly proclaimed, "Hey there. My name is Kiba Inuzuka and this here is Akamaru," he gestured towards the small puppy on his head who yipped in greeting, "My likes are dogs, food that I can chew on, and training. My dislikes are cats, foxes," at this he gave Naruto a pointed look, "And people with a bad sense of humor. My dream for the future is to be a great ninja just like my dad was."

"Very good," Kurenai (her nickname will come later in the chapter) said then gestured towards Beetle, "You next."

"My name is Shino Aburame," Beelte said, no emotion whatsoever in his voice, "My likes are bugs. I do not have many dislikes. As for my dreams, I hope to someday catalog all the insects in the world."

"Ok," Kurenai said nodding, then turned towards Hime, "Now it's your turn."

"Um, hello," Hime said shyly, "My name is Hinata Hyuuga, and this Naruto," Naruto gave a foxy grin which sent shivers down Mutt's spine, "My likes are flowers, cinnamon rolls, and spending time with my family. My dislikes are people who look down on others just because of blood. My dream is to make a good heir to my clan, and abolish the curse seal system that it uses."

"Excellent," Kurenai said nodding, "Now that we are acquainted, it is time for you final test."

"Test," Mutt asked confused, "What test?"

"I believe she is talking about the final test all Jonin must give in order to fully establish us new genin into the Ninja system," Beetle answered for him in that same creepy tone.

"Correct," Kurenai replied with a nod, "Meet at training ground 10 tommorow at 11:00. And don't be late or I will disqualify you."

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Hime and Naruto ran into training ground 10 with just a few seconds left on the clock. The reason being was that Hime was so nervous the night before that she couldn't fall asleep until much later. Naruto on the other hand was just plain lazy.

"Good," Kurenai said, "You made it just on time. Now for your test you will be required to steal the tags that I have attached to my body. "She then pointed to different collored tags on her right hip, left arm, and the center of her back. "Meanwhile however, my friend Anko will be trying to hinder you."

At this Hime nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt something warm press up against her back. Naruto on the hand had already fainted at the mere sound of the woman's name. "My what cute lil genin you have here Kurenai-chan. I could just eat them up." To emphasize her point she gave Hime's cheek a lick. Mutt looked half like he was turned on, and the other half looked like he had just wet himself. Beetle just stood there calmly. "Anko! Your job is to hinder them not scar them for life."

"Ahh," Serpent wined as she released Hime somewhat reluctantly who scooped up the still unconscious Naruto and quickly hid behind Kurenai, "But I like scaring them for life."

"Enough of that," Kurenai said, "Now, you three have until 2:00 to get all of the tags. Now… BEGIN!"

With that she faded out of existence, as she threw up a genjutsu. Naruto who had awoken at the presence of the Jonin's chakra thought, 'A genjutsu huh.. and a pretty good one at that. I know just the name for her. I shall her Mirage.'

"You better run lil genin," Serpent said as she pulled out a kunai and licked its edge, "My knife is thirsty for your blood and I'm not one to say no to it."

All three promptly fled, fearing for their lives.

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All three genin made attempts at getting past Serpent and finidng Mirage, but no such luck. Two o'clock was swiftly approaching and they were no closer to getting any of the tags than when they began. 'This is getting us nowhere,' Naruto thought, 'If only that Serpent would just take her eyes of us for one measily minute, I know that Himea and Beetle can find Mirage… Ok maybe Mutt too.'

Suddenly he had a stroke of genius as he remembered his time with Alpha, 'That just may work. A little risky but it should prove successful.'

He nudged Hime who was sitting next to him, breathing heavily from the last attempt to find Kurenai. "What is it Naruto," she asked. Naruto began trying to convey his plan but without talking it was kind of difficult. Good thing Hime understood what chasing his tail twice clockwise then three times counter clockwise meant, or else she would probably never understand him. "What does Hanabi-chan ditching Jyuuken practice to chase after Rikuto-kun have to do with anyth… Wait I get it. You must mean a distraction right Naruto?"

Naruto nodded his vigorously, partially in agreement and also to rid himself of the dizzy feeling he always gets when he chases his tail. "Alright, let me just find Shino and-WAIT Naruto," she cried as he took off in the direction of Serpent, "Oh no. I need to tell the others."

As Naruto streaked across the field he came to stop directly in front of Serpent, making sure to stay at least 10 feet away from her. He then swallowed his nerves then gave the most adorable look he could muster. 'Big, Teary, Anime Eyes no Jutsu has never failed me,' he thought as Serpent just looked at him.

They just sat there like that for about a minute before suddenly Serpent lunged at him, an evil grin on her face. Naruto took off in the opposite direction as fast he could. "WAIT! I JUST WANT TO CUT YOU UP! COME BACK!"

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"Umm, Anko," Mirage said as she massaged the bridge of her nose, "You can let Naruto go now."

Serpent was hovering over Naruto who was bound by several snakes, her knife ready to start cutting him up. "Ahh, but I just managed to catch him," Serpent whined, but obliged as she released the shaky kitsune. Naruto quickly ran to Hime who picked him up and held him closely. 'SHE WAS TRYING TO KILL ME,' he mentally cried as he shivered in Hime's comforting embrace, 'PLEASE DON'T LET THE SCARY SERPENT LADY HUMAN PERSON GET ME!!!"

"Well, besides Naruto's mentally unstable situation," Mirage said with a sigh, "You all did splendidly. Congratulations on becoming official genin. Meet back here tomorrow at 9 am for your first mission. Now come on Anko, let's go before you do any more damage." She proceded to drag Serpent out of the training ground. "BYE LIL GENIN AND CHIBI-FOX," Serpent cried out with a wave.

'I fear for my life,' Naruto thought with a shiver.

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Extra 2

"Hello everyone," Minato said, all dressed up in a tux and tie, "Welcome to the Second Extra of 'Son of Kyuubi'. Unfortunately Naruto will be unable to join us today as he is currently seeing a psychiatrist, so I have agreed to fill in for him while he is gone. Alright, first up we have Demon Tradition and Lore, and here to help me is everyone's favorite nine-tailed fox, the Kyuubi."

At this the crowd cheered as Kyuubi in human form walked in and took a seat in a chair that appeared out of thin air. "It's a pleasure to have you back with us again Kyuubi," Minato said with a grin as he too took a seat in a chair, "Now today we will be talking about the importance of tails to a demon. Kyuubi, would you like to explain?"

"Of course," Kyuubi said with a nod, "Now, it is common fact that a demon's power is directly equivalent to how many tails he has. This is only partially true. A demons tail does not represent how much power he has, but how much power he can produce. Demons you seem have no real limit on how much chakra they can have, but they can only produce so much at any one given time. So in essence, you could say that the tails are like generators, producing chakra for the demon. The more tails they have, the more chakra they produce."

"Thank you Kyuubi for that insightful bit of info," Minato said as Kyuubi got up and left, "Now for todays segment of Character appreciation, we take you live to the inside of the Akatsuki base. Let us watch."

A curtain rose up to a reveal a screen where two people were being shown. Itachi and Orochimaru.

"Ha," Orochimaru said to Itachi, "I am more evil than you. The leader just gave me this reward as proof of it."

"You are not more evil than me," Itachi said, bored.

"I am too," Orochimaru said as he picked up a muffin from a nearby counter.

"…You know that taste you get when you drink Orange Juice after brushing your teeth," Itachi asked.

"Yeah," Orochimaru replied, "I hate that."

"Well I like it," Itachi said, the corners of his lips twitching at the shocked expression on the Snake Sannin's face, "You like puppies?"

"Y-Yes," Orochimaru replied, still shaken up from the last thing Itachi said.

"I kick them," Itachi said, a small, evil smile on his face as Orochimaru nearly broke out in hysterics, "And you know that Muffin your about to eat?"

"No! NO," Orochimaru cried.

"I dropped it on the ground," Itachi said. Orochimaru could no longer take it. He ran out of the room screaming. "…Wimp," Itachi said as he picked up the muffin Orochimaru had dropped on the counter and proceded to eat it.

"Well there you have it folks," Minato said with a smile, "And here today is our special guest, Itachi himself."

Cue squeeling fangirls

Itachi walked in and sat in the chair previously occupied by Kyuubi. "Thank you for having me," Itachi said.

"Not at all," Minato said, grinning, "Now, I believe you have come today to advertise something. Am I right?"

"That is correct," Itachi said as he nodded, "I have come to advertise for the K.A.O.S. Association. Or the Kick Ass Older Siblings Association. It is a group of people, who are the older siblings of the main, or one of the main characters, and basically are capable of kicking a lot of butt."

"Sounds interesting," Minato said, "Can you tell us about some of the other members?"

"Well," Itachi said, "We are currently lacking in the members department but to name a few. First there is this blonde midget named Edward Elrock or something like that." At this a voice cried out and said, "WHO YOU CALLING A BEAN WHO CAN"T EVEN FILL UP A CAN EVEN IF HE WAS THE ONE ON TOP?!?"

Ignoring that. "Another one is this guy named Sheshomaru. He rarely comes around. Something about being of a superior species or some crap like that."

"I noticed that the people you named are all men," Minato said, "Wouldn't make more sense to call it the Kick Ass Older Brothers Association?"

"We thought that at first," Itachi explained, "But we had to change it in order to avoid lawsuit for discrimination against females."

"I see," Minato said.

"ITACHI," a small squicky voice cried out as a small blue blur rushed across the stage.

Itachi stuck his foot out and stopped the blur in its tracks. It was a chibi Sasuke, flailing his short arms wildly trying to get at him. "… What is this," Itachi asked.

"I do believe it is Sasuke," Minato answered.

"I can see that," Itachi replied, "I meant, why is he all… chibi?"

"I honestly have no clue," Minato answered with a shrug, "But we need him out of the way so we can continue with the show. SECURITY!"

Sakura, Ino, and Karen walked in, all three dressed in blue police uniforms. "Look it's Sasuke," Ino squealed, "GET HIM!"
Chibi-Sasuke squeeked in terror and ran as fast as his chibi-legs could carry him out of the room, which was surprisingly fast. "…You use fan girls for security," Itachi asked.

Minato gave a grin and said, "Yup."

Itachi just stared at him, then stood up walked over to the grinning hokage and placed the 'Most Evil' award in his lap then left. "Oooookk," Minato said as he placed the award on a small table nearby, "Before we go, we need to make an announcement. We will not be doing Reader Appreciation for awhile, as the author is waiting until we hit the 100 review mark to do so. But have no fear, as we have our first ever poll! Go to Necromancer Gora's author page and choose from the following people who you want to be featured on our next Character Aprreciation Segment. Thanks for reading."

The lights fade out and names are shown on the screen.

Jiraiya

Tsunade

Orochimaru

Sasuke

Sakura

Naruto (Original)

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Not as long as I had hoped, nut I have major writers block. I hoped you enjoyed it anyways. We hope to see you again on 'Son of Kyuubi'